Manifestations of Shiva is a 1980 documentary film (90-minute) about the Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 god Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

's worship. It carries the performance aspects of Shiva-worship through dance, performing art, visual art and music. The movies is directed by Malcolm Leigh and main casting is done by the legendary Kutiyattam (2000 year old Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 Indian theatre tradition) artist and authority of Abhinaya

Abhinaya

Abhinaya is a concept in Indian dance and drama derived from Bharata's Natya Shastra. Although now, the word has come to mean 'the art of expression', etymologically it derives from Sanskrit abhi- 'towards' + nii- 'leading/guide', so literally it means a 'leading towards' Aside from its clear...

 (the classical Indian acting style) and Natya Shastra

Natya Shastra

The Natya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. It was written during the period between 200 BC and 200 AD in classical India and is traditionally attributed to the Sage Bharata.The Natya Shastra is incredibly wide in its scope...

 scholar - Nātyāchārya Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār

Mani Madhava Chakyar

Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar was a celebrated master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar from Kerala, South India, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist and authority of modern times...

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External links

• http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0014-1836%28198309%2927%3A3%3C577%3AMOS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage|JoanL. Erdman, JSTOR
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   Ethnomusicology, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Sep., 1983), pp. 577–579]
• http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/274413Manifestations of Shiva- British Film Institute
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• New York Times, December 19, 2007
• http://afifest.studiosystem.com/project.aspx?projectid=7135